KXOS
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| City | Los Angeles, California |
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| Broadcast area | Greater Los Angeles |
| Branding | Radio Centro 93.9 |
| Frequency | 93.9 MHz (also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | 1958 (as KPOL-FM) |
| Format |
Regional Mexican HD2: Spanish Oldies |
| Audience share | 2.4  (January 2017, Nielsen Audio[1]) |
| ERP | 18,500 watts horizontal 16,000 watts vertical |
| HAAT | 917 meters (3,009 ft) |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 59987 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 34°13′36.00″N 118°03′57.00″W / 34.2266667°N 118.0658333°W |
| Callsign meaning | K EXitOS (previous format) |
| Former callsigns | KPOL-FM (1958–1978) KZLA (1978–1979) KZLA-FM (1979–1984) KZLA (1984–2006) KMVN (2006–2009) |
| Operator | Grupo Radio Centro |
| Owner | 93.9 Holdings, Inc. (93.9 License, LLC) |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | radiocentro939.com |
KXOS (93.9 FM, "Radio Centro 93.9") is a Regional Mexican radio station serving Los Angeles and the surrounding area. The station is owned by 93.9 Holdings, Inc. through licensee 93.9 License, LLC and operated by Grupo Radio Centro, which owns several stations in Mexico. The station has studios located in Burbank and its transmitter is based on Mount Wilson.
On April 15, 2009, 93.9 switched to Spanish-language programming at midnight under a seven-year Local Marketing Agreement with Grupo Radio Centro of Mexico City that also gave GRC an option to purchase the station from Emmis Communications, if the FCC in that time allowed a foreign broadcaster to own an American broadcasting concern.
The station was known as "Movin' 93.9" with the call sign KMVN before the LMA to Radio Centro. This station had a rhythmic AC format.
KXOS broadcast in the HD Radio (hybrid) format.
93.9 FM signed on in 1958 as KPOL-FM, a simulcast of KPOL 1540 AM with an easy listening format. In 1977, under the ownership of Capital Cities Communications, KPOL-FM broke away from the simulcast and adopted a soft rock format similar to crosstown KNX-FM using the on-air identity "94 FM". They changed call letters to KZLA in 1978 (one year later, 1540 AM rejoined the simulcast and also adopted the KZLA call letters).
Metromedia's KLAC 570 AM had adopted a country format in 1970, initially competing with 2 stations with much weaker signals. In 1980 KHJ 930 AM, owned by RKO General, changed formats to country. Around the same time, KZLA AM and FM dropped their soft rock format for country.
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